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Patent GB-190408911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertising Apparatus.
Inventor: PAULSEN WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1904-04-18
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 8911. Paulsen, W. J. April 18. Advertising in connection with the wheels of express or delivery wagons or other vehicles, consists in employing a dancing figure to direct attention to the advertising-matter contained on a stationary plate b. The annular plate b weighted at the bottom b<3> is supported within the wheel a on friction rollers c<4> carried by the outwardly-bent arms c<3> of a number of attaching-devices c, Fig. 7, the two cross-portions of which are clamped by a screw or bolt d to alternate pairs of spokes. The plate is provided with a dancing figure f, comprising a top part f<2>, Fig. 4, and a bottom part f<3>, Fig. 3, which latter is movable around a pinf on the plate, has legs g pivoted thereto, and is provided with a pin f<7>, passing backwards through a slot f<8>, the pin f<7> being given a lateral movement at intervals by fingers or cams h<2> mounted upon bands h secured to one or more of the spokes. The top f<2> of the figure is fulcrumed on the plate and supports arms g<3>, the pivot pin of one of which is attached on the inner side of the wheel to a weighted lever g<5>, which is caused to swing by the movement of the wheel, thereby rocking the top f<2>. Alternatively, in place of employing the weight b<3>, to keep the plate from turning, a rod or similar device e<2>, Fig. 6, secured to an arm on the vehicle body, passes through keepers e at the top of the plate, being free to slide therein.
Patent GB-190414965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Protective and Anti-skidding Covers for Pneumatic and other Tyres.
Inventor: BEAUJON AUGUSTE
Filed: 1904-07-04
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 14,965. Beaujon, A. July 4. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-A puncture and slip preventing cover is formed of a band of leather &c., continuous or otherwise, which is furnished with rivets or the like on the tread, and is notched to form tongues to which are fitted metallic hooks 2 engaging fixing-wires 3. The wires 3 may be in one piece or jointed. Helical springs 5 space the hooks apart. Springs 6, which engage the spokes and are attached by hooks and chains to the fixing- wires, prevent the cover from creeping.
Patent GB-190504164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Signalling Apparatus for Tramways, Railways and the like.
Inventor: TANNER ALBERT EDGAR
Filed: 1905-02-28
Granted: 1906-05-28
Abstract: 4164. Tanner, A. E., and Claremont, E. A. Feb. 28. Switches.-An electric switch hunting - mechanism controlling lamp or semaphore signals counts cars into and out of a single-track section between double tracks on a tramway or the like. The hunting switch comprises two separatelyrotatable insulating-disks 1, 2, Fig. 4, on the same shaft, each rotated by actuation of a ratchetwheel either mechanically or by means of electromagnetically-actuated pawls. A contact-piece on the disk 1 engages a contact-strip g<1> extending nearly around the disk 2, and complete a circuit through fixed contact-strips h<1>, l engaging contactstrips i, k on the disk 1, 2, and so light lamps or actuates semaphores at each end of the singletrack section. When no car is on the single-track section 7, Fig. 1, the circuit is not completed through the hunting switch. A car entering from the end x closes the trolly contact a, so that a circuit is closed from the trolly wire 3 through the contact c, wire 4, electro-magnet d, and wires 5, 6 to the track rail 7. The energized magnet d rotates one half of the hunting switch through a distance equal to one ratchet tooth, thus closing a circuit through the lamps b at the hunting switch. As the car leaves the single-track section at the end y, provided that no cars have followed it into the single-track section, the trolly actuates the switch m, closing the contact n and energizing the ratchet electro-magnet p, which thus rotates the second half of the hunting-switch one tooth in the same direction as before. The lamp circuit is thus again broken, the two halves of the hunting-switch being then in the normal relative positions. If several cars follow one another into the single-track section, the hunting switch does not resume its normal position to show a clear track until all the cars have passed out. A duplicate set of apparatus is, of course, provided for each trolly wire. Pivoted trolly contacts similar to the contacts a, m may be connected by direct mechanical connexions to the pawls of the hunting-switch ratchets, Since the two halves of the hunting switch are separately actuated from each end of the singletrack section, the simultaneous actuation of the contacts a, m at the ends of the section do not throw the apparatus out of gear.
Patent GB-190506148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Medicating Air.
Inventor: PAYNE HILLIARD CONNELLY
Filed: 1905-03-23
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 6148. Payne, H. C. March 23. Vaporizers ; inhalers. - A n appliance for medicating air for inflating the Eustachian canal and treating disorders of the nose, lungs, ears, &c. consists of a vessel A, with inlet and outlet openings and provided with a core H, formed with spiral grooves J and surrounded with absor bent material K. Air is forced from the bulb G through the spiral grooves, and becomes charged with the volatile medicament with which the material K is saturated. In modifications, the bulb may be replaced by a mouthpiece, and the vessel may be filled with absorbent material, a spiral groove being formed in the wall of the vessel or in the absorbent.
Patent GB-190506355-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hollow Clay-bricks or Artificial Stones and the like.
Inventor: PIOTROWSKI KARIMIERZ
Filed: 1905-03-25
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 6355. Piotrowski, K. March 25. Bricks.-Headers a and stretchers f of clay or artificial stone are made with perforations b, which form continuous horizontal channels through the masonry, and with recesses c, which form vertical channels to receive mortar. Slots d are for the purpose of preventing the "advancing" of the material during moulding, and may terminate in grooves such as c.
Patent GB-190507135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brake Cylinders for Air Suction or Vacuum Brakes.
Inventor: HARDY JOSEPH ROBERT
Filed: 1905-04-04
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 7135. Hardy, J. R. April 4. Brakes. - The cylinder of a railway vacuum brake is so formed that, immediately after the piston has commenced its stroke to apply the brakes, the packing-ring closes all communications between the chambers on the two sides of the piston. A channel 6, which may be contained in a detachable casing fastened to the cylinder 1, has ports 7, 8, which, in the lowest position of the piston 2, are respectively above and below the packing-ring 3, as shown. This channel contains a valve 9, which is opened when the pressure in the upper chamber exceeds that in the lower. When the piston rises, the ring 3 leaves the groove 4 in the piston and passes over the port 7, and shuts off all communication between the two chambers.
Patent GB-190510461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Funnels for Liquids.
Inventor: TYRRELL ALFRED
Filed: 1905-05-18
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 10,461. Tyrrell, A. May 18. Funnels.-An ordinary funnel is fitted with a removable strainer consisting of a perforated disk A of metal or other material, and a tube E provided with a number of apertures C. A handle D is provided for convenience in removing the strainer from the funnel.
Patent GB-190514202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Anti-fouling Paints and Compositions.
Inventor: DUNNETT FRANCIS ERNEST
Filed: 1905-07-10
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 14,202. Dunnett, F. E., Nelson, G. H., and Nelson, F. E. July 10. Antifouling paints and compositions.-An antifouling and anticorrosive composition, for use on ships &c., consists of petrolatum, which is the residuum from the distillation or refining of petroleum, and red lead or other pigment. The petrolatum known as " alkali sludge " is preferably, used.
Patent GB-190515364-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in a Process for Producing Hectographic Copies.
Inventor: HURWITZ HERMANN
Filed: 1905-07-26
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 15,364. Hurwitz, H. March 17, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901J. Copying documents &c.-The drawing, letter, or the like is transferred to the hectographic surface by means of a stencil produced in the usual manner as in a cyclostyle or by a typewriter or the like. The ink is rubbed or dusted in by meaos of a brush or the like. By this process the ink flows on the hectographic surface so as to form full lines thereon instead of dotted or broken lines. To promote the penetration of the ink and the formation of unbroken lines, the back of the stencil is treated with an alcoholic solution, preferably alcohol acidified by acetic acid.
Patent GB-190517238-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrodes for Secondary Batteries.
Inventor: JOEL HENRY FRANCIS
Filed: 1905-08-25
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 17,238. Joel, H. F. Aug. 25. Secondary batteries.-Relates to electrodes pasted with active material, and consists in constructing the frames with vertical ribs and depressions, and so applying the active material that it is of practically uniform thickness, and in combining these electrodes with porous septa. Fig. 1 shows a cell with electrodes so constructed. The frames G are made with ribs R and depressions E, to which the active material A is applied as shown; the frames are made by any of the usual methods and may be perforated ; porous septa S preferably of "porcelain d'amiante " are placed between the electrodes, the electrodes and septa being close together. The vertical conduits D thus formed serve as gas exits and permit of expansion of the active material. Fig. 3 shows a modified form of electrode in which the ridges are replaced by vertical wires W. The negative electrode may be bent into an elliptical or circular shape surrounding an elliptical or circular porous pot which contains the positive electrode.
Patent GB-190520443-A (GB)
Title: Method of Extinguishing Fire.
Inventor: REDINGER NORBERT
Filed: 1905-10-10
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 20,443. Redinger, N. Oct. 10. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Fire - extinguishing by gases; chemicals for.-In extinguishing burning benzine, oils, spirits, celluloid, &c., chlorinated, brominated, or iodinated carburetted substances are thrown on the fire to produce a layer of chlorine, bromine, iodine, &c. for extinguishing purposes. For example, liquid chlorinated carburetted hydrogen, preferably a mixture of 8 units of carbon tetrachloride and 2 units of chloroform, may be employed.
Patent GB-190521784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thread Spooling Machines.
Inventor: ELLAM GEORGE
Filed: 1905-10-26
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 21,784. Ellam, G. Oct. 26. Cams.-A cam c for effecting the shunting motion of the threadguide in thread-spooling machines is constructed with a raised surface i, the effective length of which can be adjusted by means of a movable piece l secured to the cam by a bolt or screw extending through a circumferential slot.
Patent GB-190522957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Displaying Advertisements and the like
Inventor: KEMSLEY JOHN COLE
Filed: 1905-11-08
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 22,957. Kemsley, J. C. Nov. 8. Advertising.- Relates to means for controlling, by means of a fly controlled by a clock, the intermittent motion of a circular platform carrying a number of advertisements or the like, and for stopping the said motion for a longer time, for instance, at night, without stopping the controlling- clock. The platform c carries the advertisements, which are successively brought under openings d in a table top a, the openings being covered by plate-glass panes e. A spring in a barrel f drives, by means of gearing h, i, j, k, the spindle g on which the platform c is mounted. The rotation of the spindle g is controlled through wheels l, m by a fly n, which is alternately stopped and released by means of a lever o. Instead of the gearwheels l, m, gearing may be arranged between the fly spindle and the periphery of the platform c. The lever o is slowly moved in the direction of the arrow 3 by means of links s, r, and a dog or pawl r<1>, which engages, and is moved by, a ratchet-wheel q on the hour spindle of a clock p ; it is rapidly returned by a spring t. A finger u on the lever o moves in the path of lugs v, w adjustably mounted on the arms of the fly n. When the dog r<1> is at the bottom of a tooth, the finger u stops the lug v, Fig. 3. When the dog r' is at the middle of a tooth, the finger u clears the lug v, which then flies past the finger u on the side towards the arrow 4, until the lug w is stopped by the finger u. The fly is then stopped until the dog r<1> is again at the bottom of a tooth, when the lug w escapes, passing the finger u on the side towards the arrow 3. Thus the finger u releases one lug only when it is in a position to stop the next. A camdisk x, which revolves once in twenty-four hours, acts through a rod z on the link r, thus holding the dog r<1> clear of the wheel q for a predetermined time, during which the finger u stops the lug w, and therefore the platform c. The hub 6 of the platform c may slide freely on the square end 7 of the spindle g, the weight of the platform being supported by balls 8 in ball races 9. The fly n may have more than two arms, each carrying an adjustable lug. The advertisements may be illuminated by suitable means, or luminous paint may be employed. A clock dial may be sunk in the table top.
Patent GB-190525316-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Tyres for Wheels of Motor Cars, Omnibuses, and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: COOPER JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1905-12-06
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 25,316. Cooper, J. E. Dec. 6. Tyres, non-elastic.-A tyre for omnibuses, motorcars, &c. comprises a series of blocks or wooden sections a, introduced through a gap d (afterwards closed by a face-plate e) into the undercut channel rim b. The blocks are interlocked by means of square pegs or keys g, and are bound by a circumferential iron or steel band f. Twin tyres thus constructed may be fitted in a wide channel or in two channels on one felloe, as shown at b<2>, b<3>, Fig. 5. The blocks may be soaked in creosote and coated with paint, varnish, solution, or other waterproofing composition. To replace a damaged block, the corresponding pegs g are removed and a block a, Fig. 3, having one dovetail a<1> detachable, is inserted.
Patent GB-190526199-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Filling & Stoppering Bottles.
Inventor: BLAXTER AUGUSTUS PEARCE
Filed: 1905-12-16
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 26,199. Blaxter, A. P., Blaxter, A. P., and Chaloner, G. W., [trading as Barnett & Foster]. Dec. 16. Bottling; stoppering.-Relates to machines, the class described in Specification No. 4906, A.D. 1905, for filling and stoppering bottles closed by bail stoppers. In the present invention, the filling- nozzle A is vertically reciprocated in guides E, the stopper holder being actuated as described in the earlier Specification referred to. The finger H, for locking the bails, is provided with a spring- controlled hook J, so that, when operating with bails of the type shown in Fig. 7, having projecting parts L, the finger serves to unlock as well as to lock the stoppers. With ordinary bails, the bottles are placed in the machine with the stoppers unlocked. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the stopper holder is connected by a short link R to a link P which reciprocates the filling-head B. The result is that the stopper is moved in the curved path U so that the movement of the filling-nozzle towards the bottle follows immediately on the withdrawal of the stopper, and vice versa.
Patent GB-190600877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in Restoring the Hair.
Inventor: EVERETT WILLIAM MURRAY
Filed: 1906-01-12
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 8 77. Everett, W. M., and Hanbury, J. D. Jan. 12. Cupping-appliances.-In apparatus in which the growth of hair is promoted by causing the blood to circulate more freely in the veins of the scalp by means of a vacuum produced within a metal helmet, an airtight joint between the helmet and the head is made by a flat band b of india-rubber, of which the upturned edge b<1> is secured upon the beaded edge a' on the helmet by a concave clamp c. The clamp is tightened by screws c<1>, the edge of the rubber band being covered at this part by a filling-piece f placed under the edges of the clamp. The construction permits of the band being readily detached and replaced by a band of a different size.
Patent GB-190602040-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces for Vertical Gas Retorts.
Inventor: DERVAL EUGENE
Filed: 1906-01-26
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 2040. Derval, E. Jan. 26. Producers; gas retorts.-Relates to the heating of vertical gas retorts by furnaces of the kind described in Specifications No. 7526, A.D. 1899, No. 10,539, A.D. 1902, and No. 15,860, A.D. 1904. The gas-producer A and regenerators D are placed at the level of the bottom of the furnace and rest upon masonry piles G, in which are placed the outlets U for the products of combustion and a steam boiler E preferably of the Solignac type. Gas leaves the producer by a channel M, and mixes with hot air conducted from the regenerators by passages N. The mixture of gas and air passes, as shown by arrows, around refractory baffles P, and receives a second supply of air, preferably from one of the regenerators, by passages O. The products of combustion leave the chamber B by channels T and pass to the upper part of the regenerators, while the incoming air enters the regenerators at the bottom. Projections are formed on the outside of each retort for supporting the baffles P. Steam from the boiler E passes through a pipe X and may be delivered to the producer by a pipe Y.
Patent GB-190605069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garment Fasteners
Inventor: CLIFF IDA SEARCH
Filed: 1906-03-01
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 5069. Cliff, I. S. March 1. Stud-and-socket fastenings.-The socket member of a press-button fastener has a raised centre 4 and a raised edge. Sewing-holes 6 are made in the groove between the centre and the edge, and depressions 8 extend from the groove to the periphery to receive the attaching-threads. The stud member of the fastener may be similarly constructed.
Patent GB-190609052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Metal Sleepers for Railways.
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE
Filed: 1906-04-17
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 9052. Harrison, G., [Goebel, A.]. April 17. Sleepers; tie-bars; ballasting.-Metal sleepers of closed semicircular or trapezoidal cross-section are used in the type of permanent way wherein short hollow transverse sleepers, having laterally-extending base flanges for anchoring purposes, are connected by tie-bars and filled up with ballast ; also adjacent sleepers may have wire netting or other material fitted between them for anchoring purposes. Figs. 1 and 3 show the arrangement in which the short sleepers a are provided with lateral flanges d, and are connected by tie-bars of angle or channel section, which rest on, or enter, the ends of the sleepers and are bolted to the upper surface. The ends of the sleepers are left open so that they can be filled with ballast, and an inclined seating c for the rail is formed on, or secured to, the upper surface. Fig. 5 shows a modified section of sleeper constructed of rolled plates, the various members being welded or riveted together. Other slightly modified forms of sleepers are shown in the Specification. To increase the resistance of the sleepers to lifting, perforated metal plates, which may be corrugated, or pieces of wire netting or woven fabric stretched on frames, are embedded in the ballast with their ends resting upon the flanges d of adjacent sleepers.
Patent GB-190609987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kinematographic Apparatus.
Inventor: CRIBB JAMES PRESTON
Filed: 1906-04-28
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 9987. Cribb, J. P. April 28. Kinematographs. - Relates to kinematographic apparatus of the kind in which h photographic plate is intermittently moved in such a manner as to produce pictures arranged in a continuous sinuous series. A plate i attached to the back of the dark slide is formed with a sinuous slot k, at the sides of which are fixed horizontal rows of pins j. The plate is adapted to move transversely in a frame e, which itself moves vertically in guides d. A rotatable spindle q passing through the door of the apparatus projects into the slot k and supports the plate, while radial arms r on the spindle engage alternately with the pins above and below the slot. The finished pictures may be mounted above the plate i, and viewed or projected through an aperture 12 in a frame attached to the camera. The shutters 11, u<1> of the viewing and producing apparatus respectively are oscillated by the rotating arms s, which engage with a pin v on the rod t connected to the shutters, as shown.
Patent GB-190612016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Attaching Celluloid-coated Metal Hooks to Leather or other Material
Inventor: HEINSOHN DITMAR
Filed: 1906-05-23
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 12,016. Heinsohn, D. May 23. Lacing-fastenings.-Celluloid-coated metal hooks are attached to leather or other material by apparatus so designed as not to damage the coating. The hooks are carried by a sliding shoot so that the foremost hook comes under a forked presser or carrier r, Fig. 6. The carrier then descends and, engaging with the tubular attachment-shank of the hook, deposits it in a die n on a slide f. The die is recessed to enable the hook to engage with the front side, being thus enclosed at the sides and rear while the shank projects in front. The slide f is then moved forwards so as to cause the shank to pass through the previously-perforated leather &c. carried on the die z, by which the shank is riveted and the hook securely attached. The slide f moves in an oscillating casing g, by which the die receives a vertical movement.
Patent GB-190612447-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Casting Metals.
Inventor: JANITSCHEK JOHN
Filed: 1906-05-29
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 12,447. Janitschek, J. May 29. Plaster compositions. - A mould for casting metals is made of a mixture of plaster, slagwool, and ashes of coal or wood, with or without whitening. The mixture is wetted with water or alum solution.
Patent GB-190613288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Lubrication of Explosion Engines.
Inventor: FARKAS ARMAND
Filed: 1906-06-08
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 13,288. Parkas, A., and Kieffer, J. July 3,1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Actuating pumps; pump plungers and valve arrangements.-The parts of an explosion engine are lubricated by means of a pump operated by the part that drives the inlet or exhaust valves of the engine. The spindle a controlling the lift of one of the valves has a part b sliding as a piston in a cylinder d, and pumping oil from the inlet h to the outlet n past ball valves g, i. The spring r acts on the spindle a to keep the roller p against the cam o.